LENOIR COUNTY, NC - COLLECTIONS - The Frederick Lee Edwards Collection 1760-1785 ==================================================================== USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, data may be used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or for presentation by other persons or organizations. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material for purposes other than stated above must obtain the written consent of the file contributor. The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for free access. Copyright © 1998, 2000 by Martha Mewborn Marble. This copy contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives. by Martha Mewborn Marble mmarble@erols.com ==================================================================== DOBBS COUNTY COLLECTION OF FREDERICK LEE EDWARDS This collection of original Lenoir County, N.C. documents, as of July 1998, is in the possession of Capt. Frederick Lee Edwards, USN Ret. of Kinston, NC. Abstracted by Martha Mewborn Marble (This file reflects the following correction made on Feb. 19, 2000: #2 - Dated 1774 - says 124 acres - should be 125 acres) 1. Dobbs, Arthur Ratcliff, John 1760 2. Papers of Major and Nancy Hardee 1774 3. Farmer, John Kennedy, John 1775 4. Dail, Thomas Ormond, William 1784 1. 10 May 1760 - JOHN RATCLIFF 140 Dobbs on the N side of Neuse River and on the east side of Falling Creek, joining MANNING's and HERRING's line, beginning at a hickory, running N degrees 60 East 100 poles, thence N degrees 158 pole, then S 55 W 95 pole to a pine, thence S degrees 80 Degrees W 100 poles, thence S degrees 20 degrees E 60 poles then to the first station. Signed ARTHUR DOBBS 2. FROM PAPERS OF MAJOR AND NANCY HARDEE - these appear to be notes taken from original deeds although neither the grantor nor the grantee is indicated. Dated 1774 - 125 acre deed - beginning at a sweet gum and runs North 69 E 150 poles to a sweet gum then due S degrees 140 pole to a white oak thence due W 84 pole to a pine then S degrees 55 W 70 pole then to the first station. 30 acre deed - Begins at a post oak and runs S degrees 25 W 62 pole then S degrees 72 W 44 pole then S degrees 88 W 70 pole to WALTER KENNEDIES line then with his line S degrees 16 W 31 pole to a gum MAJOR HARDEE's corner then with his line to the begin. 7 acre deed - Beg at a watter oak in his own line and runs S degrees 39 E 28 pole to a pine then S degrees 74 Est 16 pole to a pine an old clay hold then S degrees 65 Est 32 pole to a hickory then a direct line to the begin 3. almost not readable and it is torn right down the middle - 30 December 1774 - JOHN FARMER of the County of Chatt ?? (This is not Lenoir Co and suspect it might be Chatham County) in the province of North Carolina, blacksmith, and JOHN KENNEDY of the County of Dobbs in the province aforesaid, planter, in the sum of twenty pounds paid by JOHN KENNEDY, sell a certain tract lying on the North side of the Nuce on both sides of ??? pocason in Dobbs County beginning at a stake ????? 125 acres including buildings, orchards, gardens, timber trees ..... WIT JOHN RATCLIFF, ?? Presented at Court 1775 upon the afformation of JOHN RATCLIFF HE BEING ONE OF THE PEOPLE CALLED QUAKERS. Enrolled in Dobbs County 15 January 1775 4. This Indenture made this twenty fourth day of December in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred eighty four between THOMAS DAIL of Dobbs Co --- and WILLIAM ORMOND of the said--- 2nd part --- for the sum of two hundred and forty pounds in silver dollars - three tracts lying together NS Great Conteney Creek and both sides of pole cat containing in the hole 622 acres --- held by separate grants as follows 1) two hundred and forty seven acres granted to ABEL DAIL junior the first day of September 1759 and by him sold part of to DAVID JONES and the other part to sd THOMAS DAIL and afterwards JONES sold his part to THOMAS GRIZZARD and GRIZZARD sold to said DAIL - ES Polecat Swamp 2) Also seventy five acres granted to said THOMAS DAIL by RICHARD CASWELL, gov July1, 1779 - adj ABEL DAIL Jr.'s PATENT including land purchased by THOMAS of GODFREY SHERRELL ?? and 3) also two hundred acres - being part of a patent granted to THOMAS DAIL 4 May 1769 adj to land THOMAS bought of ABEL DAIL, JR., polecat swamp --- in all five hundred & twenty two acres WIT ARTHUR OLDS, WILLIAM JONES ?, WILLIAM P. MILLER Jan Court 1785 Enrolled Liber D pages 40 & 41 11 March 1785 NOTE: Thomas Dail moved to Duplin County at this time